如今

Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today.

如诚实吃不开。

Trousers are not blouseed over the shoes today.

如裤子不下垂盖住鞋口。

Five pounds doesn’t go very far these days.

如5英镑买不了多少东西。

The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.

如礼仪规则已不那么严格了。

With their plans now in tatters, they gave up.

如计划失败，他们也放弃了。

Now I'm back to the cheapo approach to fitness.

如，我又回到低价健身法。

Their children have all flown the nest now.

如他们孩子都已长大离家了。

Peanuts now outrank cotton as the chief crop.

如花生是比棉花更重要主要产品。

Trying to find a job nowadays is no joke.

如找个工作可不是件容易事。

Girls nowadays don't wear their heart on their sleeves.

如女孩子不轻易流露自己感情。

Very little forest is left unexplored nowadays.

如,未被勘测森林是少之又少了。

Everybody sends emails these days. Letterwriting has become a thing of the past.

如大家都发电子邮件，写信早已过时了。

Homosexuals in public life are now coming out of the closet.

公众人物中同性恋者如正逐渐公开承认。

He’s always spouting off about the behaviour of young people today.

他总是没完没了地数落如年轻人。

Many shoes nowadays are made of plastic or similar stuff.

如, 许多鞋子是用塑料或类材料制成。

The spirit of fair play is sadly missing from the sport these days.

如体育运动缺少遵守规则精神，令人遗憾。

"People, especially youngsters don't seem so polite these days."

"如人们,尤其是年青人好象不那么讲礼貌了。"

The royal family is now being caricatured as savagely as it has ever been.

皇室人员如也像以往那样,常被粗暴无礼地画成漫画。

Many students now anathematise “Bologna” as a capitalist plot.

如许多学生咒骂“博洛尼亚”是资本家阴谋。

These words have fallen into desuetude.

这些词如已经不用了。